A companion to medieval poetry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : 2010 |
| Series: | Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Old English poetry. The world of Anglo-Saxon England / Andy Orchard ; The Old English language and the alliterative tradition / Richard Dance ; Old English manuscripts and readers / Rohinin Jayatilaka ; Old English and Latin poetic traditions / Andy Orchard ; Germanic legend and Old English heroic poetry / Hugh Magennis ; Old English biblical and devotional poetry / Daniel Anlezark ; Old English wisdom poetry / David Ashurst ; Old English epic poetry: 'Beowulf' / Daniel Anlezark
- Part II. Middle English poetry. The world of medieval England: from the Norman conquest to the fourteenth century / Conor McCarthy ; Middle English language and poetry / Simon Horobin ; Middle English manuscripts and readers / Ralph Hanna ; Legendary history and chronicle: Lazamon's 'Brut' and the chronicle tradition / Lucy Perry ; Medieval debate-poetry and 'The owl and the nightingale' / Neil Cartlidge ; Lyrics, sacred and secular / David Fuller ; Macaronic poetry / Elizabeth Archibald ; Popular romance / Nancy Mason Bradbury ; Arthurian and courtly romance / Rosalind Field ; Alliterative poetry: religion and morality / John Sacttergood ; Alliterative poetry and politics / John Scattergood ; The poet of 'Pearl, ' 'Cleanness' and 'Patience' / A.V.C. Schmidt ; 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' / Tony Davenport ; Langland's 'Piers Plowman' / Lawrence Warner ; Chaucer's love visions / Helen Phillips ; Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' / Alcuin Blamires ; Chaucer's 'The Canterbury tales' / Corinne Saunders ; The poetry of John Gower / R.F. Yeager
- Part III. Post-Chaucerian and fifteenth-century poetry. England in the long fifteenth century / Matthew Woodcock ; Poetic language in the fifteenth century / A.S.G. Edwards ; Manuscript and print: books, readers and writers / Julia Boffey ; Hoccleve and Lydgate / Daniel Wakelin ; Women and writing / C. Annette Grisé ; Medieval Scottish poetry / Douglas Gray ; Courtiers and courtly poetry / Barry Windeatt ; Drama: sacred and secular / Pamela King
- Epilogue: Afterlives of medieval English poetry / Corinne Saunders
- World of Anglo-Saxon England / Andy Orchard
- Old English language and the alliterative tradition / Richard Dance
- Old English manuscripts and readers / Rohinin Jayatilaka
- Old English and Latin poetic traditions / Andy Orchard
- Germanic legend and Old English heroic poetry / Hugh Magennis
- Old English biblical and devotional poetry / Daniel Anlezark
- Old English western poetry / David Ashurst
- Old English epic poetry: Beowulf / Daniel Anlezark
- World of medieval England: from the Norman conquest to the fourteenth century / Conor McCarthy
- Middle English language and poetry / Simon Horobin
- Middle English manuscripts and readers / Ralph Hanna
- Legendary history and chronicle: Lazamons's "Brut" and the chronicle tradition / Lucy Perry
- Medieval debate-poetry and "The Owl and the Nightingale" / Neil Cartlidge
- Lyrics, sacred and secular / David Fuller
- Macaronic poetry / Elizabeth Archibald
- Popular romance / Nancy Mason Bradbury
- Arthurian and courtly romance / Rosalind Field
- Alliterative poetry: religion and morality / John Sacttergood
- Alliterative poetry and politics / John Scattergood
- Poet of pearl, cleanness and patience / A. V. C. Schmidt
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Tony Davenport
- Langland's "Piers Plowman" / Lawrence Warner
- Chaucer's "Troilus" and "Criseyde" / Alcuin Blamires
- Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" / Corinne Saunders
- Poetry of John Gower / R. F. Yeager
- England in the long fifteenth century / Matthew Woodcock
- Poetic language in the fifteenth century / A. S. G. Edwards
- Manuscript and print: books, readers and writers / Julia Boffey
- Hoccleve and Lydgate / Daniel Wakelin
- Women and writing / C. Annette Grisé
- Medieval Scottish poetry / Douglas Gray
- Courtiers and courtly poetry / Barry Windeatt
- Drama: sacred and secular / Pamela King